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Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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Post by coldtea »

turzmo wrote: post #55
stackghost wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As with many things, it's easier to stay healthy if you are wealthy. You can buy personal training services, workout gear, a home in traffic-calmed neighborhoods where you aren't jogging or cycling along rural highways, a pool, etc. You can buy fresh fruit and vegetables instead of highly-processed food. If you're American you can buy imported or certified organic meat instead of the hormone-filled shit on the shelve…

Personal training services? Workout gear? Not sure you should have lead with that, these are expensive things with minimal impact.

Both have quite a lot of impact if you're wealthy because they're combined with resources and time to do them.

If you're not wealthy you can do them, but you have to sacrifice other things, and some of those you wont be able to afford.

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Post by qwerpy »

Kuyawa wrote: post #140

I am 60 too and I'd add to that list 'Doing the things you like' I love letting my mind 'play' with the computer, not work, play And I love pickleball, going to the gym, and watching movies with my wife. My life has become really simple and I enjoy it the most. Yeah, peace of mind is at the top of the list at this age

Sounds a lot like my life. Agree with all of this. People were flabbergasted when I told them I was retiring “you’ll be so bored!” “What will you DO with all that time?”. I’m busier now than I was while I was working because I can actually commit to regular workouts/sports/projects instead of only being able to claw a few minutes here and there between work and family. Life is infinitely better. Once you gain control of your time, most of your stress melts away.

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Post by pzo »

ericmcer wrote: post #174
cejast wrote: post #143

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I have my own family dependencies that aren't too keen on the idea of living the village life. Otherwise I'd already be there.

I saw a video of a guy in his 50s living in a small city in Vietnam. He claimed $800/mo was more than enough, and $1000/mo would let him live lavishly. He just did the math and as soon as his predicted months of life left * 1000 I think about that a lot because I have already hit that number easily, my family would definitely suffer though and not be into it.

There is a reason that South East Asia is popular for digital nomads and for retired expats. Thailand and Vietnam have still very affordable places if you avoid tourist traps. I would recommend first trying some easier destination like chiang mai or danang (if first time in asia), staying for 2 months (vacation/workation) and seeing if you still like it.

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Post by AnimalMuppet »

khazhoux wrote: post #166
ElProlactin wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is actually a sad comment. How did you ever come to believe that wanting to feel loved, which is a fundamental desire (if not "need") for the vast majority of human beings, could ever be construed as a weakness resulting from a lack of "strength"?

A rock feels no pain. And an island never cries.

A rock never feels anything. That's the price, and it's a very steep one.

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Post by brazukadev »

CrzyLngPwd wrote: post #152

Grandchildren. I have five, and they are amazing. Youngest is 9 months. We have an old car goiong to the scrapyard in a couple of weeks, and today I sat in the passenger seat of it as my 13 yr old grandaughter drove it around one of our fields getting more and more confident as I encouraged her to stop, put it in reverse, and drive in the opposite direction. From "this is too difficult" to "I want to be a rally drive…

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Post by esseph »

brazukadev wrote: post #205
CrzyLngPwd wrote: post #152

Grandchildren. I have five, and they are amazing. Youngest is 9 months. We have an old car goiong to the scrapyard in a couple of weeks, and today I sat in the passenger seat of it as my 13 yr old grandaughter drove it around one of our fields getting more and more confident as I encouraged her to stop, put it in reverse, and drive in the opposite direction. From "this is too difficult" to "I want to be a rally drive…

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Post by SA9G »

Gerard0 wrote: post #139
SA9G wrote: post #111

Health is obviously first, you have nothing without it. But real joy is wanting to do something, something that is important to you, and being able to. Without desire there is no joy... just a slow countdown.

Allow me to join your team. I want and try to do stuff which is important to me and I know there will be problems along the way.

And there is joy in solving problems!!

Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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Post by SA9G »

ryan_n wrote: post #154
SA9G wrote: post #111

Health is obviously first, you have nothing without it. But real joy is wanting to do something, something that is important to you, and being able to. Without desire there is no joy... just a slow countdown.

Kinda depressing cus that thing used to be coding (or mastery of), which seems to be dying/being replaced by gen ai.

Competition perhaps... but CS has not gone away! There is still joy in doing something well and in learning, even if the market will (perhaps for a time) not reward you well for it. Resist Skynet!!

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Post by andersonpico »

nutjob2 wrote: post #68
Multiplayer wrote: post #5

Time with my young adult children. They are all out of the house, recently, and there is nothing, and I mean NOTHING more valuable/meaningful to us than when they come home for a visit or we spend time out in the world. It's incredible.

I never enjoyed spending time with my late parents. I only did so out of a sense of obligation. I have no children and have never really given that choice a second thought. Its interesting that people value their relationship with their children so much and I assume its due to a deep sense of connection with them, they being "flesh and blood" but I've never given that any weight. I feel much more connected to people…

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